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Ancient bronze statue: Zeus/Poseidon of Cape Artemision (Athens, Greece) - 1975

Object summary

Title
Ancient bronze statue: Zeus/Poseidon of Cape Artemision (Athens, Greece) - 1975
Object ID
HEE-SC-04330
Date made
1975-12
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
No
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Description

Image of a postcard illustrating the ancient bronze statue of Zeus (or Poseidon), recovered off the coast near Cape Artemision in Greece. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
printed red
Location
obverse right
Text
8
Type
printed red
Location
obverse right
Text
DEC 75 N4
Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse right
Inscriber
Edgerton
Text
76
Type
handwritten black ink
Location
obverse right
Inscriber
Edgerton (?)
Text
75 [?]

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